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Plant Update - September 5

Published September 05, 2014

A white turtlehead, Chelone glabra, is flowering in the Aquarium’s Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Waterfront Park! This native plant often plays host to the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly, Maryland’s state insect.

A few monarch butterfly larvae have also been spotted feeding on the swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnate, in our Waterfront Park. Did you know? Milkweed is key to this species’ survival. Not only is it where these butterflies lay their eggs—it’s also the only plant the caterpillars will eat!